Universal Core Self Assessment Questionnaire

Identify areas in your life you wish to regain a greater sense of connection.

Meaning
1	2	3	4	5
Life is filled with purpose and meaning	Life is good. I have things I want to accomplish	I feel generally motivated	I lack interest in life. I have little motivation to accomplish goals	Life has become meaningless
Relatedness
1	2	3	4	5
I feel a strong sense of connection with life	I feel connected to those important to me	Most important areas of my life seem balanced	I feel some distance from key relationships in my life	I feel disassociated or alienated from someone, things, and my Self
Forgiveness
1	2	3	4	5
I feel a deep sense of reconciliation towards myself and others	There are no outstanding issues that are calling for forgiveness that I am aware of	I have made progress in forgiving others, including myself	I know areas I needs to work on to forgive others	I feel a strong sense of unforgiving towards myself and/or others
Universality
1	2	3	4	5
I have faith in myself and the world; we are connected, we are one.	I sense greater forces in the universe that extend beyond me.	I generally trust what the future holds for me	I sometimes question ‘why me?’	I am experiencing disconnected and hopelessness.

Spirits and Signs

I was 18, a first year psychology major, full of wonder, logic, and being conditioned with the art of science. I gave little thought to spirituality as at this time the mysteries of the universe were over shadowed by mystery of the mind as portrayed by Western psychology.

In October my cat of 9 years was poisoned by my neighbour. I had always felt my cat and I had a connection on an unspoken level of consciousness, a form of communication that I could not explain, a deep feeling, an understanding. I watched Duke’s health deteriorate over a two week period; it pained me to see him suffering. It was at this time I discovered what it meant to look into one’s eyes and see their soul. What it meant to look into one’s eyes and communicate spirit to spirit. He wanted permission to leave his body.

Wednesday, October 30th 1996 I was heading out my door to go to school, Duke was laying on the front porch. It was 8am and I had to catch a bus, I was in a hurry. Something stopped me from racing past Duke that morning. I stopped, patted him, looked him in the eyes. I said “Duke I love you. It is okay, you can let go, just give me a sign”. Two and a half hours later I was getting settled in my English class across town. The class was situated in a basement computer lab on campus, an hours bus ride away from my home. Logging into my computer I heard Duke crying; he had a distinctive cry . . . but it couldn’t be. It wasn’t logical, it was not rational. I looked around. I asked fellow students if they heard a cat and they had not. I knew Duke had let go and passed on.

When I returned home from school late that afternoon my mother attempted to avoid me. I corned her as she was watering plants and said “It is okay, he passed away at 10:30 this morning”. My mother stopped watering her plants and looked at me confused; she replied “I haven’t told anyone yet, how did you know”.

Spirit to spirit we are connected, whatever life form we take on.

If you are looking for evidence - just ask for a sign.